The design of 2010 Olympic medals unveiled Thursday feature contemporary aboriginal artworks and are undulating rather than flat — both firsts in Games history. The medals, produced by the Royal Canadian Mint, are based on tw...

Michael Vick's return to the NFL was ordinary at best. The moments before it happened though, lifted his heart and made his day. For the record, Vick carried once for 7 yards, threw two incompletions and either handed off or was a decoy on eight other...

University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, poised to make a splash in next year’s National Football League draft, left hospital Sunday a day after suffering a concussion in a game. Tebow, who will certainly be a top c...

Just as news spread of an Indonesian woman giving birth to a 19.2-pound (8.7-kilo) baby boy , the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country, another story of a rare birth has surfaced in the headlines: A pregnant Arkansas woman went in for an ult...

Could the international furore over South African runner Caster Semenya's true gender have any more twists and turns? First, she wins the gold medal at the world championship 800-metre race in Berlin. Then, questions about her gender begin swirli...

By Natalie Alcoba and Kathryn Blaze Carlson A 59-year-old Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car accident shocked his family and friends by showing up alive at his own funeral. The bizarre mix-up began when a car hit and killed a man crossing...

(Photo: Montreal's Anthony Calvillo had another MVP-calibre season for the Alouettes in 2009. John Mahoney/Canwest News Service) The Canadian Football League on Thursday announced the team nominees for the 2009 Gibson's Finest CFL Player...

  'Round Ottawa Michael Ignatieff — starving artist. Now do you like him? A great moment of laugh-out-loud nonsense comes courtesy of Liberal MP Pablo Rodriguez in the National Post: “For 18 years, the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada …...

Jacqueline Moore of Windsor, Ont., an assistant basketball coach with Eastern Illinois, died late Wednesday. Coles County coroner Ed Schniers confirmed Thursday that Moore, who was entering her third season with the team, collapsed while working out...

The Boston Bruins confirmed Thursday that forward David Krejci has been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus. The 23-year-old centreman will be isolated from the rest of the National Hockey League team until 24 hours after he is fever free and symptom...